Are movies worth watching?

[slovakiaman]

Hello. I am considering watching the Resident Evil movies and I would like to know your opinions on them. Also, I would like to know if they have anything to do with games.

[Umbrella Incorporated]

The only relation to the games is the names of the characters, Raccoon City and Umbrella. It's as much about Resident Evil as the Super Mario Bros. movie was about the Mario Bros.
I watched them each just once because of the RE namesake, but I was not impressed by them. The only good part is the bio monsters actually do look like they're from RE (lickers, Nemesis).

[talgaby]

If you like typical B movie trash cinema, but with a good budget on special effects, then yes, watch them. The first one is actually a good film and manages to recreate the typical old RE atmosphere, the second is almost a straight-up adaptation of RE3, the rest are your typical post-apocalyptic movies—just don't expect them to have any relation to any RE game.

[Counter-Life]

They are quite bad.

The story is just loosely based off the game, and so are the characters. They share the same name and maybe the same outfit, but that's it. Personalities are completely different.
The first movie is the least worst, because it dosen't feature any characters from the games.

[LilG]

Not really,the films are loosely based on the games so are some of the characters. The first 2 films were ok,the licker/nemesis looked cool.But the sequels just got stupid with them giving Alice psychic powers, having slow mo special effects & the plot felt pretty lame.

[therealBearminator]

Correct me if im wrong: Capcom/Sony had something to do with the first film. Then something happend, and they didnt want to be in on the second film.
I know this is not 100% correct, but its something like that

[milkinaction]

They're pretty crap, I saw the first in the cinema and there was only like two other people there. The second is worth a watch I guess.

[sithchaos]

They are remaking them,,, id wait for the new ones :)

[Lanzagranadas]

Are you asking about the live action films or the CGI trilogy?

The live action films, directed by Paul "Who the ♥♥♥♥ needs a script" Anderson are complete garbage as RE movies, and as movies overall. They can't even be consistent between themselves. The first one was somehow decent though.

The CGI movies are basically just some fan-service thrown there with some half-assed plot to promote certain games. Those are actually canon and coexist with the videogames universe. The first two, RE Degeneration and RE Damnation, are pretty much average, probably not bad if you take them more as OVAs than actual films. The last one "Vendetta" is basically just action nonsense and dancing with zombies with a terrible excuse of a plot, similar to what Anderson did with the live action series.

[slovakiaman]

Thank you all for your replies. Just one more question. You pretty much agreed on them being bad, but are they bad in the sense that they are kind of funny or are they just pure thrash bad?

[therealBearminator]

Its not "true" to the games - We are prolly just the wrong people to ask. But a lot of people likes the movies. For each film, the sales are better then the one before. Name another franchise where this is true. Not a single FLOP as far as i know.

[slovakiaman]

You know, I liked the first game even though I don't like zombie movies and games. I know it may sound strange, but for me, this game wasn't about killing zombies and being a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ badass zombie killer, it was about exploring and surviving the threat. What I really liked that you get punished for going all out on zombies by not having any ammo to defend yourself later. I felt like the game was zombie themed but not zombie oriented if you get what I'm trying to say. I think that many people might feel the way I do and that's why I created this thread in the first place, to find out how people who liked the game feel about the movies.

[therealBearminator]

Im only into films like Night of the living dead, Dawn of the dead (not the new one), and day of the dead. Where zombies dont run, they walk. But ive never seen resident evil 1 (film) as a zombie movie. Its more action.

Resident Evil the game, is survival horror, not a shooter :) I totally agree with you. But i prefer the zombiepart, before hunters arrive. I really think hunters are RNG. The only places i die in the game, is by hunters snipe (when i cant get past them fast enough) and Lisa battle

[Lanzagranadas]

Originally posted by Bearminator:

Its not "true" to the games - We are prolly just the wrong people to ask. But a lot of people likes the movies. For each film, the sales are better then the one before.

Not being true to the games is the lesser of the problems with Anderson's films. The script of those movies is plain garbage that any preschooler could easily write something better, acting is below average, the main character is an indestructible Mary Sue and everyone else is just filler. And there's no consistency between one movie and the next, some characters just dissapear without any explanation, and there has been a lot of retcons and things that doesn't make any sense (that's what their own fans say, I stopped watching them after the third one). And they're not even good action movies since they abuse so much of the slow-motion and other "cool" effects that it quickly stops being funny.

The reason they became a success is the same reason why those sh*tty mediatic TV shows have oftentimes a surprisingly big audience. People enjoy watching and eating crap, though they're at least fully aware it's crap. Not everyone of course but the majority probably does.

[therealBearminator]

That is a personal opinion. Try to look up the sales for each movie. Maybe not "good" but very very popular for sure

[Lanzagranadas]

Sales has nothing to do with quality. And it's not like those movies were a huge hit either, they just did well for what they are, that's all. No one seriously recognizes them as good movies.